Posts Tagged ‘2010 World Cup’
Holland 2-1 Brazil
Yes, yes, yes. The first Brazilian own-goal in 97 World Cup matches, from the head of Felipe Melo, set up the victory with which Holland finally avenged their defeat at Brazil's hands in the semi-finals 12 years ago. Arjen Robben played a role in setting up both goals, the second of them scored by Wesley Sneijder, while also provoking the [...]
Is the Nike advertising campaign cursed?
I for one won't be shedding a tear for any of the trumped up little idiots who appear in the advert and who have flopped badly at the World Cup, but let's take a quick stroll through the advert just for fun. First up we have lion heart Didier Drogba, weaving past Italian defenders before dinking the ball over a goalkeeper called Palermo [...]
Poor old Ronaldo
Portugal's captain, Cristiano Ronaldo, feels like a 'broken man' after his team's 1-0 World dejected figure as David Villa's winner earned Spain a quarter-final match with Paraguay, completing a pretty rubbish tournament for Ronaldo, who failed to reproduce his club form for Portugal. Cristiano Ronaldo after Spain defeat - Watch more [...]
Psychic octopus tips Germany again
What exactly do you want me to say? Psychic octopus tips Germany again - Watch more Videos at Vodpod. This is Paul, a two-year-old octopus born in England now living in a German aquarium, has a 100-percent winning streak at the World Cup. He even accurately predicted that the Serbians would beat Germany in their Group D match-up [...]
(Lego) Germany 4-1 England
Even in lego that bloody ball is miles over the line. Germany 4 - England 1 in lego - Watch more Videos at Vodpod.
Spain 1-0 Portugal
David Villa scored the deciding goal as Spain huffed and puffed before eventually blowing Portugal's house down. Spain 1 - Portugal 0 - Watch more Videos at Vodpod.
Japan 0-0 Paraguay (3-5 pens)
This was the kind of match that would put most right-thinking people to sleep. Paraguay 0* - Japan 0 - Watch more Videos at Vodpod.
Best goals of the World Cup group stage
Who am I to argue... 2010 World cup best goals of the group stage - Watch more Videos at Vodpod.
Defeated England football team arrive home
What a bunch of cretins... Defeated England football team arrive home - Watch more Sports Videos at Vodpod. I had the following thought and I was wondering what people think of it. If, on top of the National team, we could have3 other squads that would be filled with 17/18 year old upcomers. These would be 'shadow' teams that would [...]
Brazil 3-0 Chile
Brazil easily picked off Chile with a series of razor-sharp attacks to comfortably make the quarter-finals. Brazil 3 - Chile 0 - Watch more Videos at Vodpod. Post 'couple of beers' reflection... Here's a thought for you: Reflecting on the Chile vs Brazil game yesterday, it occurred to me that the player suspension rules [...]
